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Managing and taking care of your family takes a lot of work, so it is no surprise that many mums prefer to make this a full-time job. Although this is fulfilling, the truth is, it doesn’t pay. For many households, responsibilities such as taxes and bills can cause great financial distress. This has left many stay at home mums wondering if they can use their superpowers in also helping out financially— or just finding a way to make some extra money to do more for themselves. There are several ways you can make money without compromising on your obligations as a stay at home mum! Here are a few.
- Test websites
Before websites are put out to the public, developers usually run them first to pinpoint problems they could have missed. These web developers hire various people to test the website for this to be done effectively. As a stay at home mum, this is an excellent way to make some money. You can sign on to numerous platforms for website developers to reach you. All you would need to do is go through a given website and give feedback on problems you’ve detected. For some websites, you can do this by simply writing back to them. For others, you may have to deliver a voice recording of your findings. On average, you could receive £5 for every site you test. This means that the more websites you test, the more money you make.
- Be a mystery shopper
Occasionally, business owners want to ensure that their employees live up to the business’s image. To do this, they would need some form of “informant” who employees would not suspect is “watching” them. As a mystery shopper, you’ll be paid to check the services provided and give feedback. Although it’s not a job you can do within your house, it does give you a nice excuse to leave the house for a bit.
- Start a blog
Blogging is one of the popular ways to make good money while at home. All you would need is a focus area and readers, and you are good to go. The key to a successful blog is entertaining, educational, and consistent. This is because these three features encourage more readers, which can be converted into revenue. There are several ways you can make money off a blog. For example, you can sell merchandise to your audience. You can also use other strategies such as affiliate marketing and pay-per-click to make some money from your blog. You can also sell advertising space on the blog site. In addition to starting your own blog, you should consider renting out your writing skills to others. You can be a freelance writer, selling your skills to interested persons to create content for their websites and blogs.
- Teach a course
If you love teaching or are good in a subject area, teaching is a job you should consider. Although being a stay at home mum may get in the way of you going to a class to teach, you can take advantage of online teaching platforms. You can create your own course on platforms like Coursera. If you’ve had experience teaching children, you can choose to become an online tutor, helping children with the extra academic support they might need.
- Join focus groups
In case you aren’t familiar with the term “focus groups,” these are groups set up and paid by companies to test out products and services before they go on the market. Focus groups have the task of giving the company an idea of how their potential customers would react to the product or service. This enables the company to make the right changes to ensure their product or service would be a success. As a stay at home, joining a focus group is a great way to earn more money and socialise with others! But if you don’t have the luxury of attending physical focus group meetings, you can partake in them online.
- Become a virtual assistant
Do you have great organisational skills? Or perhaps you have experience in the area of administration? Then you should consider being a virtual assistant. Being a virtual assistant is a popular choice by many stay-at-home moms. This job requires a computer, reliable internet, and dedicated time. Typically as a virtual assistant, you have the task of scheduling appointments, making travel arrangements, managing email accounts, and so on. Additionally, you can work under very flexible conditions, so you don’t have to worry about your work interfering with your motherly obligations.
- Take online surveys
Online surveys are a quick and easy way to make some extra money. They are flexible, with an average online survey requiring only five minutes to complete. However, online surveys don’t pay much. This means that you would have to take more to make a sizable amount. Also, you should be careful about the online survey platform. Some platforms would only pay you after a number of surveys have been answered. Others don’t reward customers with money but rather with gift coupons.
- Sell items online
E-commerce platforms such as eBay and Etsy give you the chance to showcase your beautiful crafts. A great way to make money is by selling them. Using the right marketing strategies, you can gain a vast pool of consumers. Besides selling items you make, you should consider selling things around the house you don’t need. Instead of keeping these items to increase the clutter available in your house, selling them is a great way of killing two birds with one.
- Data entry
Another flexible job you should consider is data entry. These jobs can be easy to find as businesses are prepared to pay for the assistance. All you’ll have to do is properly and accurately record information. These jobs are available during the evening and on weekends, giving you ample time to complete the day’s activities.
Being a stay at home mum shouldn’t take you away from making yourself financially independent or contributing to your home’s finances. With these jobs mentioned above, you can easily make a financial difference.